The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

The student newspaper of Ossining High School

The Current

Tribute to David Bowie

Tribute to David Bowie

Morgan Finkeldey, Staff Writer March 2, 2016

On January 11th, 2016, the world lost music’s legendary singer-songwriter David Bowie after  an 18-month battle with liver cancer. Bowie’s death came as a tragic shock to the world, as Bowie preferred...

Artist of the Month: Gina Migliaccio

Artist of the Month: Gina Migliaccio

Darwin Arias, Staff Writer March 1, 2016

For the month of February, we have Gina Migliaccio as the artist of the month, a senior who creates artwork to expresses herself. She spends a great deal of her time composing art in the school art room....

Water Crisis In Flint, Michigan

Water Crisis In Flint, Michigan

Jared Fel, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

In the year 2014, local officials of Flint, Michigan made the decision to switch their supply of drinking water from Detroit, which contained many awful chemicals, to the Flint River, which is very safe...

Zika Virus Begins To Become A Global Epidemic

Zika Virus Begins To Become A Global Epidemic

Srinidhi Polkampally, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

  The Zika virus has been declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization. Some areas are describing it as “a pandemic in progress,” and are even advising women to...

Tuning In To Politics

Tuning In To Politics

Somari Davis, Opinion's Editor February 24, 2016

The American elections have monopolized the airwaves internationally. Just as recently as this week the newspaper headlines have been boldly printed with one person in particular...let’s just say the...

Heroin In Westchester High Schools

Heroin In Westchester High Schools

Diana Kennedy, Staff Writer February 24, 2016

Heroin use has recently been on the rise among high school students and young adults living in Westchester, alarming an abundance of parents and government officials. In the past year alone, nine students...

Book Review: “To Build A Castle” by Vladimir Bukovsky

Emma San Martin, Layout Editor February 22, 2016

This quick video is a book review of To Build a Castle, a groundbreaking memoir by Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky.  The book is now out of print and is very difficult to find, but it is a highly...

Shen Yun 2016: One Night, 5000 Years

Shen Yun 2016: One Night, 5000 Years

Emma San Martin, Layout Editor February 7, 2016

No culture, perhaps, has remained stable for as long as China’s.  For thousands of years, isolated from other lands by oceans, deserts, jungles, and the lofty Himalayas, this mighty Asian country remained...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

Elliott Reichman, News Editor January 31, 2016

*SPOILER ALERT*   Nearly 40 years after the beginning of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has burst into the movie scene, generating record revenue numbers early in its release....

Ossining High School’s Eight Intel Competition Semifinalists

Ossining High School’s Eight Intel Competition Semifinalists

Darwin Arias, Staff Writer January 31, 2016

As most people in Ossining High School have heard, Ossining High School provides one of the most outstanding and leading Science Research programs in the nation. As freshmen, students are able to decide...

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